Pirates activate Freese, Frazier from disabled list

The Pirates have activated David Freese and Adam Frazier from the disabled list. In corresponding moves they optioned Max Moroff and Chris Bostick to triple-A Indianapolis.

This is a huge boost to a struggling Pirates offense, against which opposing pitchers have taken no-hitters deep into games twice this week. The Bucs have scored nine runs over their current five-game losing streak.

Freese was the Pirates' best hitter, with a .321/.418/.536 line when he went down in late April with a hamstring injury. Frazier's production wasn't that far behind Freese's. The opening of at-bats for Frazier was a vending-machine-ring-style silver-colored plastic lining to the Starling Marte suspension, after which Frazier quickly got hurt.

Freese will jump straight in to Friday's starting lineup without a rehab stint. Frazier, who had been rehabbing with Indianapolis, is sitting against lefty Patrick Corbin.